CSUN: English 305cmp Tentative Schedule

• Presence of Others AKA POO
• Rules of Thumb AKA ROT

Last revised 2 Feb 06

• Week 1: (Course content and contracts)
  Feb 2
  • Syllabus/ phone/email info
  • FAQs / interviews
  • In class timed writing

• Week 2: (Course requirements /Intros)
  Feb 9
  • Intros /survey forms / contracts
  • Lab -- class email / online intros and summary responses

• Week 3: (Education)
  Feb 16
  • Rubric / self evaluations /signed contracts due
  • Discuss Rose (POO)
    
  • Lab: Setting up MOO space / chatting

• Week 4 (Education)
  Feb 23
  • Discuss Spayde (POO)
    
  • Student choice article (POO)
    
  • Lab: MOO chat on education

• Week 5 (Invention)
  Mar 2
  • Lab: MOO discussion: Student choice article
    
  • paper assignment heuristics

• Week 6 (Revision)
  March 9

• Week 7 (Techno Rhetoric)
  March 16
  • Clayton. "Whole Lot of Cheatin' Going On."
  • Development /organization workshop
  • Barry. "Guys vs Men."

• Week 8 (Writing for the Web)
  March 23
  • Editing workshop / review MLA format (ROT)
  • Brandt
  • Lab: Annotated bibs -- Branham

• Week 9 (Technology Bytes)
  Mar 30
  • Lab: Discuss student article choice (from popular media)
  • Paper #1 Due in a pocket folder with all drafts and self evaluation sheet
  • Short write
  • Research paper assignment

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• Week 10
  April 6
  • Discuss novels / Workshop Section one
  • Lab: Setting up web pages (you will need your CSUN account)

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  Spring Break

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• Week 11
  April 20
  • Discuss Turkle
  • Workshop research paper: Section I&II
  • web annotated bib

• Week 12
  April 27
  • Editing Workshop
  • Discuss Tenner. "Body Smarts."

• Week 13 (Writing about Science or Literature)
  May 4
  • Research paper and 2nd anno bib due - online
  • In class essay on novels
  • Discuss Bishop and student choice article (from popular press)
  • Paper assignment science / literature

• Week 14
  May 11
  • Workshop rough draft
  • web page

• Week 15
  May 18
  • Workshop paper
  • Web page